Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus
six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise
according to law

SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL:

Civil Life

RACE AND CITIZENSHIP:

White, citizen

CIVILIAN OCCUPATION:

Semiskilled chauffeurs and drivers, bus, taxi, truck, and tractor

COMPONENT OF THE ARMY:

Army of the United States - includes the following: Voluntary enlistments
effective December 8, 1941 and thereafter; One year enlistments of
National Guardsman whose State enlistment expires while in the Federal
Service; Officers appointed in the Army of the United States under
Army Regulations 605-10

RANK:

Staff Sergeant

UNIT OF ASSIGNMENT:

778 AAF Bomb Sq, 464 Bomb Grp

OCCUPATION:

Waist Gunner B-24

DEATH:

10 May 1944

CASUALTY LOCATION:

Weiner-Neustadt, Austria

CAUSE:

Massive flak wound to the head

KNOWN AWARDS:

BURIAL:

Arlington National Cemetery

PLOT:

Sec: 34 Site: 3123

References:

World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army
and Army Air Forces Personnel, from RG 407, Records of the Adjutant
General's Office, 1905-1981
US National Archives Records Administration: World War II Army Enlistment
Records, created 6/1/2002 - 9/30/2002, documenting the period ca.
1938 - 1946. - Record Group 64
Arlington National Cemetery
Interment Control Forms, 1928–1962. Interment Control Forms,
A1 2110-B. Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774–1985,
Record Group 92. The National Archives at College Park, Maryland
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